How Does Pattern make Visual Art more Interesting?
A WebQuest for High School Students Advanced Drawing and Painting
Designed by Ms.B.Hanson
Introduction
This lesson is designed to be used in the classroom by a certified art teacher. This is a preset activity for a lesson involving pattern and painting on the computer. The lesson to follow this activity can be viewed at:
Objectives;
1. To become familiar through the web with a major museum.
2. To review the four types of pattern , already studied ( alternating, repeating, flowing and progressive) .
3. To develop a more in depth understanding of the use of pattern in visual art.
4. To introduce how to take a screen shoot from the computer.
5. To introduce how to transfer a PDF into appleworks.
6. To begin working with apple paint.
MLR : VPA A1,A4 & A5
Learners
This lesson is designed for high school students who have had an introductory year of art and are familiar with basic art concepts regarding the elements and principles of design. They have had prior experience using pattern and computers.
This lesson does not lend itself to modification for the visuallly impaired. However this site was designed with high contrast and bold font for easy visibility. Modifications that could be made for non traditional students could include:
* simplification or reduction of examples required,
* working in groups of varying abilities on one complete project,
* having printed examples of all required tasks for demonstration and reference,
* verbally completing the compare and contrast worksheet.
Curriculum Standards
Maine Learning Results ; Visual and Performing Art , Secondary
A1, A4 & A5
Creative Expression
- A1 - Create a visual piece to communicate an idea , feeling or meaning using;
- a distict style:
- imagination and technical skill:and
- the creative process , reflection and self evaluation (problem solving)
- A4 - Use the elements and principles of design to demonstrate multiple solutions to specific visual problem.
- A5 - Create a portfolio of work that communicates new ideas, feelings and mood using differnt media, techniques and processes.
This lesson encourages the devlopment of critical thinking, creative production, observation and categorization,and comparison.
Process
Part One
1. Read the Introduction, Task and Process and Rubric Section.2. Review types of patterns , be sure you understand what you are looking for.
3.From the following list choose a museum to explore.
The J Paul Getty Museum , Los Angelos CA
The Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
The Museum of Modern Art, MoMa , NYC
The Metroplolitan Museum of Art, NYC
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum , Boston MA
Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston MA
National Gallery of Art, Washington , DC
4. Explore the museum web site find their collections.
5. Search for 2 examples of each type of pattern, a total of 8.
Make a screen shot (apple shift4) of each example, save in a folder labeled "yourname/webquest".
6.Click here to down load the PDF labeled , Patterns , Open Apple works WP and Drag that file into a new page. Follow the directions for that page.
Part Two
1. Choose one piece with pattern from the museum collection.
2. Take a screen shot of the entire piece.
3. Write down the title, the name of the artist, the media and the date.
4. Transfer to apple paint with documentation from step3, save as "yourname/original" , for example mine would be “hanson/original”
5. Repeat step four but this time paint over a section of patternwith a solid color , use the eyedropper to match a color and double click on the paint brush to change the brush size and shape. Save as "yourname/painted". Save in a folder labeled “yourname/webquest”
6.When you have completed all of the above ask me for the worksheet Compare and Contrast
Last Thing
1. Put all your work in the folder labeled “yourname/webquest”
2. During the in class discussion share your work with the class.
3. Drop the folder on the server in my drop box.
This lesson is designed to be taught in 2 consecutive 80 minute block classes.
If students are divided into groups, provide guidelines on how you might do that.
The teacher should be a certified art teacher with experience working with computers. I would highly recommend completing all tasks in this web quest before teaching.
Resources Needed
- Printed examples of completed pattern work sheet
- Printed example of completed relettered piece of art , deleting the pattern
- Printed copies for each student of the directions
- Computer with internet access and appleworks for each student
- Printed copies for each student of the Compare and Contrast Worksheet
- access to screen projector for teacher laptop for demons tart ion purposes
- Examples of each type of pattern ( review with students before beginning)
- Printed copies of the Rubric
Teacher tips; Demonstrate navigation of webquest and a museum website for the students at the beginning of this lesson. Also review opening apple works . Demonstrate and have students practice making a screen shot and dragging it into a new document. Take the time to prep students for skills required.
Evaluation
The grade for this project will be based on your in class work and discus ion, your painted original and the 2 completed worksheets. Points will be deducted for incorrect file and folder names.
The level that each of the Rubric criteria are met will determine the student's grade. These criteria are:
To become familiar through the web with a major museum.
To review the four types of pattern , already studied
( alternating, repeating, flowing and progressive)
To develop a more in depth understanding of the use of pattern in visual art.
Technical Skills
1. Take a screen shoot from the computer.
2.Transfer a PDF into appleworks.
3. Work with apple paint.
Evidence of critical thinking, creative production, observation and categorizations comparison.
Credits & References
Decorative Painting at the top of the pages was made by J.Haggan as a student of Hampden Academy . It is used here by permission.
The following web sites were used as resources for this web quest.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/math5.pattern/syllabus.html
http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/standards/music/visualartglossary.php
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/arts/visual/
http://www-306.ibm.com/able/guidelines/web/accessweb.html
The following text has also been very useful.
“Drawing IN Sight ; student materials book one” by Ivan E.Cornia, A.Steve Egan&
Marc A. Cutis - Gibbs smith Publishers, Salt Lake City ,1994 - Unit 2 ,Lesson One , Sensory Properties of Space , and Space Practice sheets #1 & #2
This page was created based on the generic template at The WebQuest Page and the Design Patterns page.
We all benefit by being generous with our work. Permission is hereby granted for other educators to copy this WebQuest, update or otherwise modify it, and post it elsewhere provided that the original author's name is retained along with a link back to the original URL of this WebQuest. On the line after the original author's name, you may add Modified by B Hanson August 2005. If you do modify it, please let me know and provide the new URL.
Last updated on August 2005. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page